Designing online learning for the 21st century
This being the time of year when many Canadian post-secondary institutions offer faculty development opportunities, I have been busy the last two or three...
Why learning management systems are not going away
Contact North has just published online a series of six short papers (10-12 pages) under the title of Learning Management Systems: Disruptive Developments, Alternative Options...
New resources for online educators from Contact North
Over the last few months, Contact North has been gradually adding an impressive range of online resources to its Educator Portal. As well as the numerous articles...
MIT to develop new Open Learning Enterprise unit for online learning
Reif, L. (2012) Letter to the community on appointment of Open Learning Enterprise director MIT News, March 16
News Office (2012) Anant Agarwal named director of new...
Strategies for innovation in post-secondary education
Kim, J. (2102) 5 ideas to support innovation in higher education, Inside Higher Education, February 6
Joshua Kim offers up five interesting strategies for encouraging...
Will big data answer our questions about online learning?
Fain, P. (2012) Big data's arrival, Inside Higher Education, February 1
Sorry for the one week gap in posting, but I've been working on a...
CVU’s report on the state of online university education in Canada: first heal thyself
Canadian Virtual University (2012) Online University Education in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities Athabasca University AB: Canadian Virtual University.
The report was commissioned by the Canadian Federal...
e-learning outlook for 2012: will it be a rough ride?
© Firehorse Blog, 2012
Another year, and online learning, e-learning, learning technologies, educational technologies, digital learning, or whatever you call it or them, will continue...
MITx – Continuing Education online?
Associated Press (2011) With an extra letter, MIT will offer certificates for coursework in popular online offerings Washington Post, December 18
Parry, M. (2011) MIT Will Offer...
Another step towards open-ness from Stanford professors – but not the university
Kolowich, S. (2011) Opencourseware 2.0 Inside Higher Education, December 13
In my retrospective for e-learning in 2011, I complained that merely making content open to...